Posted August 26, 20195 yr The Official Top 100 Motown songs of the Millennium 26 August 2019 | By Rob Copsey As Motown celebrates its 60th anniversary, we reveal the labels biggest songs, including Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross & The Supremes and Marvin Gaye. Founded 60 years ago in Detroit, Michigan, Motown was the label that launched a musical revolution. Its impact still reverberates across music today: songs like Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, My Girl and Stop! In The Name of Love are timeless classics that remain as popular today as when they were first released. Motown was founded in 1959 by Berry Gordy, an unknown record producer who borrowed $800 from his family to start up the label. It went on to revolutionise pop with its distinctive brand of R&B-soul with a pop influence – and helped pushed black artists into the mainstream. To celebrate Motown’s 60th anniversary, Official Charts have teamed up with BBC Radio 2 to reveal the UK’s Official Top 100 Motown Chart, combining digital download sales and streams. The Top 100 will be counted down on August 26 between 12pm and 6pm, presented in two sections, by first by Craig Charles followed by Trevor Nelson. The chart is part of a weekend of Radio 2 shows about Motown, all of which can be listened to on BBC Sounds. Number 1 on the chart goes to Superstition by music legend Stevie Wonder. Despite being far from his highest charting single - peaking at Number 11 in 1973 - the track's popularity has endured over the years to earn its place at the top of the chart with 1.1 million chart sales. Celebrating the news, Stevie told us: "Motown is one of the all time great labels, and I’ve been associated with it all my life. Many of the artists have been my friends and family. I am proud to have been chosen at the top of such an incredibly talented group of artists." Discussing the Top 100 chart, Trevor Nelson said: "The Top 3 are three of the most timeless songs of all time, true classics which appeal to music lovers of all ages. Stevie is my favourite artist of all time so for me, the right song is at Number One - Superstition is perfection! I'm pleased that this chart features streams and downloads as it proves that the music of Motown is as popular as ever." Below are 10 key facts about the Top 100. The Top 10 appears at the bottom of the page - the full Top 100 will be posted at 6pm. The Top 100 features nine UK Number 1 singles and 57 Top 10 hits.The Top 100 is made up of 7 million permanent downloads and 1.1 billion audio streams.Stevie Wonder's Superstition is Number 1 overall, with 1.1 million charts sales, made up of 460,000 downloads and 65 million audio streams. Stevie Wonder is also the biggest artist overall in the Top 100 and has the most chart entries, with 20 tracks. Stevie accounts for nearly 10% of all downloads (1.8m) and just over 20% of all streams in the chart (254m). The graph below shows the acts with multiple entries on the chart.The second most popular artist in the chart based on sales and streams is Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5, followed by Marvin Gaye (including his duets with Tammi Terrell).The newest track in the Top 10 is Ne-Yo’s Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself). The track was a Number 1 hit in 2012 and was co-written by Sia.Rick James’ Super Freak is the highest charting song in the Top 100 that wasn’t originally released as a single in the UK. It was a Top 20 in America’s Billboard Hot 100, reaching Number 16.The second highest track not originally released as a single in the UK is Frank Wilson’s Do I Love You (Indeed I Do). It was scheduled for release in 1965, but Berry Gordy wasn't a fan of the track and shelved it. Wilson was more focused on his production and song writing career and went on to produce many of Motown's greatest hits.The third highest track not released as a single in the UK is Martha Reeves and the Vandellas’ Love is Like A Heatwave. The song peaked at Number 4 in the US and is considered to be one of the first tracks to exemplify the 'Motown Sound'.The impact of streaming on Christmas tracks is evident here with four entries for festive classics that receive a boost every year from November onwards: Michael Jackson & Jackson Five's Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (27), Stevie Wonder's What Christmas Means To Me (65), and Jackson Five's I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (86) and Frosty The Snowman (96). The UK's Official Top 10 Motown songs Note: The full Top 100 will be posted on Monday, August 26 at 8pm GMT. POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK CHART SALES 1 SUPERSTITION STEVIE WONDER 11 in 1973 1.1M 2 I WANT YOU BACK JACKSON 5 2 in 1970 820K 3 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL 80 in 2013 734K 4 LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO LOVE) NE-YO 1 in 2012 547K 5 SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED (I'M YOURS) STEVIE WONDER 15 in 1970 517K 6 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 43 in 1965 473K 7 ABC JACKSON 5 8 in 1970 469K 8 ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) LIONEL RICHIE 2 in 1983 454K 9 LET'S GET IT ON MARVIN GAYE 31 in 1973 404K 10 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MARVIN GAYE 1 in 1969 393K ©2019 Official Charts Company . All rights reserved. This chart is compiled taking in permanent downloads and streaming equivalent sales.
August 26, 20195 yr Ne-Yo looks so odd in that list. :lol: didn’t realise he was signed to Motown (and looks like he only was from 2012 onwards)
August 26, 20195 yr The full top 100 has now been posted! 1 SUPERSTITION STEVIE WONDER 11 in 1973 1.1m 2 I WANT YOU BACK JACKSON 5 2 in 1970 820k 3 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL 80 in 2013 734k 4 LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO LOVE) NE-YO 1 in 2012 547k 5 SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED (I'M YOURS) STEVIE WONDER 15 in 1970 517k 6 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 43 in 1965 473k 7 ABC JACKSON 5 8 in 1970 469k 8 ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) LIONEL RICHIE 2 in 1983 454k 9 LET'S GET IT ON MARVIN GAYE 31 in 1973 404k 10 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE MARVIN GAYE 1 in 1969 393k 11 EASY COMMODORES 9 in 1977 346k 12 SIR DUKE STEVIE WONDER 2 in 1977 339k 13 END OF THE ROAD BOYZ II MEN 1 in 1992 339k 14 I CAN'T HELP MYSELF FOUR TOPS 23 in 1965 338k 15 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE STEVIE WONDER 3 in 1969 314k 16 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE SUPREMES 3 in 1966 312k 17 HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVIE WONDER 2 in 1981 282k 18 HELLO LIONEL RICHIE 1 in 1984 272k 19 ISN'T SHE LOVELY STEVIE WONDER 94 in 2012 271k 20 I'M COMING OUT DIANA ROSS 13 in 1980 265k 21 DANCING ON THE CEILING LIONEL RICHIE 7 in 1986 256k 22 I'LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU BOYZ II MEN 5 in 1994 250k 23 BABY LOVE SUPREMES 4 in 1964 224k 24 REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE FOUR TOPS 1 in 1966 221k 25 ENDLESS LOVE DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE 7 in 1981 220k 26 WHAT'S GOING ON MARVIN GAYE 80 in 1983 219k 27 SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN MICHAEL JACKSON & JACKSON FIVE 30 in 2019 217k 28 DANCING IN THE STREET MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS 5 in 1969 212k 29 DO YOU LOVE ME CONTOURS 76 in 1998 201k 30 THIS OLD HEART OF MINE ISLEY BROTHERS 3 in 1968 199k 31 UPSIDE DOWN DIANA ROSS 2 in 1980 192k 32 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU STEVIE WONDER 1 in 1984 190k 33 SHE KNOWS NE-YO FT JUICY J 28 in 2015 188k 34 THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES 9 in 1969 183k 35 MASTER BLASTER (JAMMIN') STEVIE WONDER 2 in 1980 182k 36 WHO'S LOVIN' YOU JACKSON 5 36 in 2009 179k 37 I'LL BE THERE JACKSON 5 4 in 1971 172k 38 WAR EDWIN STARR 3 in 1970 172k 39 UPTIGHT (EVERYTHINGS ALRIGHT) STEVIE WONDER 14 in 1966 171k 40 GOT TO GIVE IT UP MARVIN GAYE 7 in 1977 161k 41 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED JIMMY RUFFIN 8 in 1966 157k 42 MY GUY MARY WELLS 5 in 1964 152k 43 ROCKIN' ROBIN MICHAEL JACKSON 3 in 1972 151k 44 STUCK ON YOU LIONEL RICHIE 12 in 1984 146k 45 PLEASE MR POSTMAN MARVELETTES 2 in 1975 141k 46 SUPER FREAK RICK JAMES N/A 140k 47 NOWHERE TO RUN MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS 26 in 1965 139k 48 GET READY TEMPTATIONS 10 in 1969 137k 49 BEN MICHAEL JACKSON 7 in 1972 135k 50 DO I LOVE YOU (INDEED I DO) FRANK WILSON N/A 133k 51 PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE TEMPTATIONS 14 in 1973 133k 52 (LOVE IS LIKE A) HEATWAVE MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS N/A 130k 53 THE TEARS OF A CLOWN SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES 34 in 1976 129k 54 COMING WITH YOU NE-YO 14 in 2015 129k 55 THREE TIMES A LADY COMMODORES 1 in 1978 127k 56 STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE SUPREMES 7 in 1965 122k 57 HIGHER GROUND STEVIE WONDER 29 in 1973 122k 58 MY DESTINY LIONEL RICHIE 7 in 1992 119k 59 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO SUPREMES 3 in 1964 116k 60 RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT DEBARGE 4 in 1985 115k 61 I WISH STEVIE WONDER 5 in 1977 111k 62 PART-TIME LOVER STEVIE WONDER 3 in 1985 110k 63 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH DIANA ROSS 6 in 1970 109k 64 YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE STEVIE WONDER 7 in 1973 109k 65 WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME STEVIE WONDER N/A 104k 66 SOMEBODYS WATCHING ME ROCKWELL 6 in 1984 103k 67 HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU ELGINS 3 in 1971 102k 68 MY CHERIE AMOUR STEVIE WONDER 4 in 1969 101k 69 SAY YOU SAY ME LIONEL RICHIE 8 in 1985 96k 70 YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL 19 in 1968 94k 71 IT TAKES TWO MARVIN GAYE 16 in 1967 94k 72 NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK VELVELETTES N/A 94k 73 LATELY STEVIE WONDER 3 in 1981 92k 74 LIVING FOR THE CITY STEVIE WONDER 15 in 1974 90k 75 I LOVE YOUR SMILE SHANICE 55 in 1991 88k 76 AINT TOO PROUD TO BEG TEMPTATIONS 21 in1966 86k 77 MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) MARVIN GAYE N/A 85k 78 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON SUPREMES 8 in 1966 84k 79 JIMMY MACK MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS 21 IN 1967 81k 80 ITS THE SAME OLD SONG FOUR TOPS 34 in 1965 81k 81 THE NIGHT FRANKIE VALLI/THE FOUR SEASONS 7 IN 1975 80k 82 BRICK HOUSE COMMODORES 32 in 1977 79k 83 NIGHTSHIFT COMMODORES 3 in 1985 77k 84 AS STEVIE WONDER N/A 77k 85 I SECOND THAT EMOTION SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES 27 in 1968 76k 86 I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS JACKSON 5 91 in 1987 75k 87 THERES A GHOST IN MY HOUSE R DEAN TAYLOR 3 in 1974 72k 88 YOU ARE EVERYTHING DIANA ROSS 5 in 1974 70k 89 HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) MARVIN GAYE 49 in 1964 69k 90 GOT TO BE THERE MICHAEL JACKSON 5 in 1972 67k 91 JUST MY IMAGINATION TEMPTATIONS 8 in 1971 66k 92 ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE MICHAEL JACKSON 1 in 1981 65k 93 FOREVER NOW NE-YO 31 in 2013 65k 94 COME SEE ABOUT ME SUPREMES 27 in 1965 65k 95 I'M STILL WAITING DIANA ROSS 1 in 1971 64k 96 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN JACKSON 5 N/A 64k 97 DONT YOU WORRY BOUT A THING STEVIE WONDER N/A 62k 98 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER STEVIE WONDER 5 in 1967 59k 99 STONED LOVE SUPREMES 3 in 1971 59k 100 DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY THELMA HOUSTON 13 in 1977 57k
August 26, 20195 yr The Tears of a Clown was number one in 1970, but the OCC show it as number 34 in 1976? They also fail to credit Kim Weston on Marvin Gaye's It Takes Two, and fail to credit Marvin Gaye on Diana Ross' You Are Everything, despite both songs being credited to two artists in their own archive. Shanice also got to number 2 in 1992, and therefore didn't peak at 55 in 1991. Are there any other errors that I and Lee Moore haven't already got on this list? (and already posted in the comments on the OCC page)
August 26, 20195 yr Was enjoying listening to the countdown of this on Radio 2 today! It was definitively a lot better than normal daytime Radio 2. Rockwell - Somebody's Watchin Me one certainly sounded a lot different to anything else they played in the list around it because it is more electronic and synthpop. Ne-Yo looks so odd in that list. laugh.gif didn’t realise he was signed to Motown (and looks like he only was from 2012 onwards) Let me Love You is a bit odd but the rest of his songs in this kind of fit into the Motown sound I think... Edited August 26, 20195 yr by TheSnake
August 27, 20195 yr Wasn’t Kelly Rowland signed to Motown for the Here I Am era ? She was signed to Universal Motown while Ne-Yo is signed to Motown Records. I assume there's some sort of difference or maybe not. Both are under UMG.
August 27, 20195 yr The title is somewhat misleading - I assumed it meant the current millennium, not the last one... :)
August 27, 20195 yr It's based on streams and sales from 2000 onwards, it just so happens that all the big sellers from Motown are the classics aside from Ne-Yo as Motown hasn't been much of a thing for decades.
August 27, 20195 yr already posted in the comments on the OCC page They keep deleting comments (including mine) when errors are pointed out.
August 27, 20195 yr "You Can't Hurry Love" had sold less than 287k as of June 2019, so has sold over 25k since then?
August 27, 20195 yr 6 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 43 in 1965 473K Yet on 13/8/18 OCC said for digital sales for tracks released in the 60s, 10 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 566,000 Why the discrepancy?
August 28, 20195 yr Yet on 13/8/18 OCC said for digital sales for tracks released in the 60s, 10 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 566,000 Why the discrepancy? Video streams?
August 28, 20195 yr Unlikely to be video streams. OCC has closed down discussion on this topic after several errors were highlighted. Not very democratic.
August 28, 20195 yr Could it be as simple as My Girl having re-recordings or versions by The Temptations that weren't released under the Motown label? I know it was re-released in 1992 for the movie by Epic, could it be that those download sales doesn't count towards the Motown release? Edited August 28, 20195 yr by tommie
August 29, 20195 yr Unlikely to be video streams. OCC has closed down discussion on this topic after several errors were highlighted. Not very democratic. They obviously don't like criticism
September 2, 20195 yr "You Can't Hurry Love" had sold less than 287k as of June 2019, so has sold over 25k since then? Is it possible that they have somehow shifted 25k in a physcial format since 2000, perhaps vinyls reissues? This chart seems to be only digital formats, if I've understood it correctly. Edit: Sorry the quote was meant to be this one regarding My Girl: "6 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 43 in 1965 473K Yet on 13/8/18 OCC said for digital sales for tracks released in the 60s, 10 MY GIRL TEMPTATIONS 566,000 Why the discrepancy?" Edited September 2, 20195 yr by DanChartFan
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